Catania born Friar Salvatore Calì succeeded Friar Giacinto Gualerni as Minister General of the Franciscan Minor Conventual Order in 1857, serving in such capacity until 1862. Having earned a doctorate from the Roman College of Saint Bonaventure, he served as secretary, assistant and procurator general of his Order and was also elected Minister Provincial of Sicily and Malta for a tenure of office that lasted a short time due to the violent civil uprisings of 1848. As Minister General, an office he exercised shrewdly and wisely, he visited the Italian provinces and the ultramontane friaries, overseeing as well the restoration of the German province. In addition, he promoted the growth of his Order in the United States of America. A noted benefactor of the church of St. Francis in Catania, whose facade was completed during his tenure of office as guardian of the friary, he is also credited with having released the Archdiocese of Catania from the metropolitan jurisdiction of Monreale, to which it had been subjected for centuries.
Catania born Friar Salvatore Calì succeeded Friar Giacinto Gualerni as Minister General of the Franciscan Minor Conventual Order in 1857, serving in such capacity until 1862. Having earned a doctorate from the Roman College of Saint Bonaventure, he served as secretary, assistant and procurator general of his Order and was also elected Minister Provincial of Sicily and Malta for a tenure of office that lasted a short time due to the violent civil uprisings of 1848. As Minister General, an office he exercised shrewdly and wisely, he visited the Italian provinces and the ultramontane friaries, overseeing as well the restoration of the German province. In addition, he promoted the growth of his Order in the United States of America. A noted benefactor of the church of St. Francis in Catania, whose facade was completed during his tenure of office as guardian of the friary, he is also credited with having released the Archdiocese of Catania from the metropolitan jurisdiction of Monreale, to which it had been subjected for centuries.
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